Help with "No JS module 'ui' found in search path"

[bibifric05]

Hi,

I’m quite new to gjs and I try to modify an existing extension for my own purpose.

This extension has a main file extension.js and several other .js files (modules ?) that are called.

In one of these files (let’s call it test.js for convenience), I do this:

const Main = imports.ui.main;

but I receive the following error message in console:

No JS module 'ui found in search path

I understand that the ui module is not found in search path in test.js. How can I add it to the search path?

Thanks for any help,
RB

[andyholmes]

Hi, can you please share your source code so we can see the problem?

[bibifric05]

Hi,

thanks for the answer. In the meanwhile, I’ve found the answer, that is the following code has to be inserted at the beginning of extensions.js:

const ExtensionUtils = imports.misc.extensionUtils;
const Me = ExtensionUtils.getCurrentExtension();

const Test = Me.imports.test;

and in test.js I can do:

Main = imports.ui.main;

Best regards,
RB